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Arts and Crafts House Plans
Announcement - I have reinstated my architectural license in Georgia to facilitate permitting house plans in Atlanta. If you are working in Atlanta and wish to have the plans sealed, please contact me. There will be a nominal fee.
Welcome to our site of stock house plans. While generally thought of as house plans for traditional neighborhood developments, or TND, these plans are designed to meet the life styles we share today. Although the exteriors inherit much of their character from the large porches and friendly feel of the bungalow style and the craftsman style house plans, the interiors are designed around the way we live today with open floor planning.
This architectural practice has grown out of the needs of speculative builders, non- profit developers, and many individuals who need house plans in the Arts and Crafts style tradition, and who are building on the narrow lots found in the older neighborhoods. Many of the smaller house plans are adapted for the affordable housing market, but are just as suitable for vacation home plans. You will also find house plans for rural open settings and some duplex house plans.
November 29, 2007: I'd like to announce that I'm starting a new sister website, www.sustainablehouseplans.com. It isn't online yet, but I've turned my full attention and time to the development of solar, sustainable, ecologically-friendly home plans. This seems to me to be the most responsible thing I can do for our planet, and solar power has always been my deepest design interest. I've built and lived in passive solar homes since 1980. They work. With the Earth's recent climate changes, the need for new ways of living and design are obvious and imperative.
So, my intention is to rework many of my existing houseplans to incorporate passive and active solar functionality. They will provide thermal mass storage as a fundamental heat source, as well as space designated for photovoltaic systems. Some will incorporate attached solar greenhouses. All plans will have 2 x 6 wall construction and other environmentally sound construction details.
Everyday more people are becoming aware of the shortsightedness of using fossil fuels. "Green" is now the buzz word in advertising and marketing new homes. But for the most part, this just implies product selection, and does not necessarily address the energy consumption issues to any great extent.
My interest always been in designing homes that are connected with the environment. Unfortunately, in the early 1980's not many of my clients were interested in the same thing. And of course, the initial cost of solar equipment added too much to the price of the houses. This is now.
If you are searching for house plans with a solar orientation, and you find a plan here that you like, please email me with your needs.
Rick Thompson
Welcome to our site of stock house plans. While generally thought of as house plans for traditional neighborhood developments, or TND, these plans are designed to meet the life styles we share today. Although the exteriors inherit much of their character from the large porches and friendly feel of the bungalow style and the craftsman style house plans, the interiors are designed around the way we live today with open floor planning.
This architectural practice has grown out of the needs of speculative builders, non- profit developers, and many individuals who need house plans in the Arts and Crafts style tradition, and who are building on the narrow lots found in the older neighborhoods. Many of the smaller house plans are adapted for the affordable housing market, but are just as suitable for vacation home plans. You will also find house plans for rural open settings and some duplex house plans.
November 29, 2007: I'd like to announce that I'm starting a new sister website, www.sustainablehouseplans.com. It isn't online yet, but I've turned my full attention and time to the development of solar, sustainable, ecologically-friendly home plans. This seems to me to be the most responsible thing I can do for our planet, and solar power has always been my deepest design interest. I've built and lived in passive solar homes since 1980. They work. With the Earth's recent climate changes, the need for new ways of living and design are obvious and imperative.
So, my intention is to rework many of my existing houseplans to incorporate passive and active solar functionality. They will provide thermal mass storage as a fundamental heat source, as well as space designated for photovoltaic systems. Some will incorporate attached solar greenhouses. All plans will have 2 x 6 wall construction and other environmentally sound construction details.
Everyday more people are becoming aware of the shortsightedness of using fossil fuels. "Green" is now the buzz word in advertising and marketing new homes. But for the most part, this just implies product selection, and does not necessarily address the energy consumption issues to any great extent.
My interest always been in designing homes that are connected with the environment. Unfortunately, in the early 1980's not many of my clients were interested in the same thing. And of course, the initial cost of solar equipment added too much to the price of the houses. This is now.
If you are searching for house plans with a solar orientation, and you find a plan here that you like, please email me with your needs.
Rick Thompson
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